AUDITIONS: Così
Written By Louis Nowra
Directed by Ami Coster
On stage at The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna. March 20 - 29, 2025
For more information, or if you are interested in being in this production in an off stage capacity, please email [email protected]
Directed by Ami Coster
On stage at The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna. March 20 - 29, 2025
For more information, or if you are interested in being in this production in an off stage capacity, please email [email protected]
About The Play
Hot off the back of our incredibly successful season of Call Girls, Phoenix Theatre is gearing up for our next production, Louis Nowra’s brilliant play, Così at The PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna from 20 - 29 March 2025. We’re looking for a dynamic, talented cast with all levels of experience, so don’t be shy!
Set in a psychiatric facility, Così is a play about friendship, romance, community and difference. It’s 1971 and Australia is protesting the war in Vietnam. But inside the hospital, the resident patients are listening to Mozart, learning their lines and occasionally skipping their medication. It’s art, it’s mayhem, it’s a wonderful roller coaster all the way to opening night.
Note from our director, Ami Coster: “I am very excited to be directing this amazing play for Phoenix Theatre. I believe that Così has enormous wow-factor potential which I look forward to celebrating with this production. I will be looking for actors who are committed to striving for excellence and are also strong team players so that together we can create something extraordinary!”
Set in a psychiatric facility, Così is a play about friendship, romance, community and difference. It’s 1971 and Australia is protesting the war in Vietnam. But inside the hospital, the resident patients are listening to Mozart, learning their lines and occasionally skipping their medication. It’s art, it’s mayhem, it’s a wonderful roller coaster all the way to opening night.
Note from our director, Ami Coster: “I am very excited to be directing this amazing play for Phoenix Theatre. I believe that Così has enormous wow-factor potential which I look forward to celebrating with this production. I will be looking for actors who are committed to striving for excellence and are also strong team players so that together we can create something extraordinary!”
Auditions: A relaxed group audition setting
Auditionees will be provided with a script and page numbers to familiarise themselves with. There is no need to memorise any passages, or prepare anything additional.
Characters:
Note: Some scripts and online sources do list character age ranges, we are open to a wider range of casting of most characters.
LEWIS - has just left university. A bit of a drifter.
LUCY - is doing an MA thesis and lives with Lewis.
NICK - also doing a thesis and directs student productions.
JUSTIN - a social worker. Neat and precise (can be played by actors of any gender)
ROY - a mental patient who has spent much of his life in institutions. Intense passion for music as an escape from his pain.
HENRY - a former lawyer who is now a patient. Like Roy, he has spent much of his adult life in institutions.
DOUG - brash pyromaniac, but has not been in institutions very long.
CHERRY - Volatile, with a kind heart. Has been in institutions for some time.
JULIE - is in a mental institution for the first time because of drug dependency.
RUTH - an obsessive personality, who is in and out of mental institutions.
ZAC - the musician of the group who has been in and out of mental institutions. Loves music and meds, plays piano (an advantage if the actor can, but not essential).
Auditionees will be provided with a script and page selections for each character in advance.
Key Dates:
Rehearsals are scheduled for Sundays from 11:00am, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00pm. Rehearsals take place at our hall in Forrest Hill and will begin 8th December with a break from 19th December until 5th January. Production week begins Sunday 16th March with opening night on the 20th.
This is a community theatre production seeking people to take part as volunteers.
- Sunday 24 November, 9:00am
- Call backs Tuesday 26 November, 7:00pm
- Phoenix / Shoreside Rehearsal Space
- 18 Richards Avenue, Forrest Hill (down the driveway on the bend)
Auditionees will be provided with a script and page numbers to familiarise themselves with. There is no need to memorise any passages, or prepare anything additional.
Characters:
Note: Some scripts and online sources do list character age ranges, we are open to a wider range of casting of most characters.
LEWIS - has just left university. A bit of a drifter.
LUCY - is doing an MA thesis and lives with Lewis.
NICK - also doing a thesis and directs student productions.
JUSTIN - a social worker. Neat and precise (can be played by actors of any gender)
ROY - a mental patient who has spent much of his life in institutions. Intense passion for music as an escape from his pain.
HENRY - a former lawyer who is now a patient. Like Roy, he has spent much of his adult life in institutions.
DOUG - brash pyromaniac, but has not been in institutions very long.
CHERRY - Volatile, with a kind heart. Has been in institutions for some time.
JULIE - is in a mental institution for the first time because of drug dependency.
RUTH - an obsessive personality, who is in and out of mental institutions.
ZAC - the musician of the group who has been in and out of mental institutions. Loves music and meds, plays piano (an advantage if the actor can, but not essential).
Auditionees will be provided with a script and page selections for each character in advance.
Key Dates:
Rehearsals are scheduled for Sundays from 11:00am, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00pm. Rehearsals take place at our hall in Forrest Hill and will begin 8th December with a break from 19th December until 5th January. Production week begins Sunday 16th March with opening night on the 20th.
This is a community theatre production seeking people to take part as volunteers.
For more information, or if you are interested in being in this production in an off stage capacity, please email [email protected]